It is a new year and it to me it feels like a different life. Some of you may know that this December my dad passed away. Life has continued but it is not the same as before.  I doing fine, really “Ok” seems to be the word dominating my vocabulary.  But a […]

     Someone once said “A realist, in Venice would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw”. I couldn’t sum up Venice any better if I tried. There is a charm in Venice all its own. A captivating magical quality that seems to cast a spell on beholding eyes. It is by […]

     Like settling into your favorite chair after a well spent day, good friends can make life feel just the same. The Stone family is like that. Aviano was a new background but the script was old and classic. Good friends, deep conversations, ever flowing coffee and wine. It was the non-striving, relaxing environment that can only be […]